Can Wearable Devices Accurately Measure Heart Rate Variability? A Systematic Review

Background: A growing number of wearable devices claim to provide accurate, cheap and easily applicable heart rate variability (HRV) indices. This is mainly accomplished by using wearable photoplethysmography (PPG) and/or electrocardiography (ECG), through simple and non-invasive techniques, as a su...

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Main Authors: Georgiou Konstantinos, Larentzakis Andreas V., Khamis Nehal N., Alsuhaibani Ghadah I., Alaska Yasser A., Giallafos Elias J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-03-01
Series:Folia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.60.issue-1/folmed-2018-0012/folmed-2018-0012.xml?format=INT